Emails, Kids and talking dirty...

It seems now some are saying Mark Foley may have been tricked (my word) into sending sexually explicit emails to a former House Page. While it is relevant to the extent that it could show democratic operatives knew about this matter for a good while as well, I am more than a little uncomfortable with the possibility of this turning into an excuse for some of Foley's actions, in particular by republicans.

Hastert has given "the buck stops here" speech and that is well and good. Having had more than a glancing experience with politics and in particular the House of Representatives (I was once a district aid), I know that it is a first class gossip mill and Foley's reputation must have preceded him.

So why not say we should have done more?

I think voters would appreciate someone, anyone "cowboying up" on this and just admitting obvious clues seemed to be passed over and the type of denial you often see in the families of abusers ("I know he strange, but he'd never do THAT") was in play here.

Also, any democrats who knew about this and waited even one day to report it so as to time this for political gain are disgusting, cynical monsters.